Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100 (70 page)

BOOK: Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100
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Solar sail propulsion system
Sonograms
Sonoluminescence
Space elevator
SpaceShip spacecraft,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3
Space solar power (SSP)
Space travel,
itr.1
,
6.1
asteroid landing
big bang research
booster-rocket technologies
cost of
Europa exploration
far future (2070)
genetic engineering of humans for
human-robot merger and
life in space, search for,
6.1
,
8.1
Mars landing/colonization
Martian moon landing
midcentury (2030)
moon landing/colonization,
6.1
,
6.2
nanotechnology and,
6.1
,
6.2
near future (present to 2030)
planets outside the solar system, search for
private initiatives
robotics and,
2.1
,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3
,
6.4
space elevator
tourism
water in space, search for,
6.1
,
6.2
weightlessness problem
See also
Starships
Spinal cord injury treatments
Sports and games,
8.1
,
9.1
STAIR (Stanford artificial intelligence robot),
2.1
,
2.2
Starships
antimatter rocket propulsion system
nanoships
nuclear rocket propulsion system
ramjet fusion propulsion system
solar sail propulsion system
Star Trek
series,
itr.1
,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
,
1.4
,
1.5
,
2.1
,
2.2
,
3.1
,
4.1
,
8.1
,
8.2
Star Wars
saga,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
,
1.4
,
2.1
,
8.1
Steam power
Steffens, John
Stem cell technology
Stewart, Potter
Stock, Greg,
2.1
,
3.1
,
3.2
Stormer, Horst
Stratton, Mike
Sullivan, Mark
Superconductors
telekinesis and
Surgery
Surrogates
Surrogates
(movie),
1.1
,
2.1
,
2.2
Sussman, Gerald
Swarming behavior,
6.1
,
6.2
Tachi, Susumu
Taleyarkhan, Rusi
Taylor, Doris,
3.1
,
3.2
Taylor, Theodore
Technologies as utilities
Technology, four stages of
Telekinesis
Telepresence
Telomeres of a cell
Terminator
movies,
1.1
,
2.1
,
2.2
,
4.1
Terraforming of Mars
Terrestrial Planet Finder
Terrorism,
3.1
,
8.1
Tesla Roadster
Test tube babies
Things to Come
(movie)
3-D technology
Three Mile Island nuclear accident
Thurow, Lester,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
7.4
Tidman, Derek
Time Machine, The
(Wells)
Tissue engineering,
3.1
,
3.2
Toffler, Alvin and Heidi
Total Recall
(movie)
Tour, James
Tourism industry
Tourism in space
Trains, maglev
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
(movie)
Transistors,
1.1
,
4.1
Tsien, Joseph
Tsiolkovsky, Konstantin
Tundra, melting of
Turing, Alan
Twister
(movie)
2001
(movie)
Type 0-IV civilizations.
See
Civilizations
Ulam, Stanislaw
Ultracentrifuges
United States, economic future of
Universal translators
Utopias
Vacations in 2100
Venter, J. Craig
Verne, Jules,
itr.1
,
6.1
Victoria, Queen of England
Vinge, Vernor,
2.1
,
2.2
Virgin Galactic spacecraft
Virtual reality
Virtual retinal display (VRD)
Viruses,
1.1
,
3.1
,
3.2
,
8.1
Volcano vents
Von Neumann probes,
8.1
,
8.2
Wall-E
(movie)
Wall screens
Wanamaker, John
War, changing nature of
Warner, Harry M.
Water as utility,
7.1
,
7.2
Water in space, search for,
6.1
,
6.2
Watson, James,
3.1
,
3.2
Watson, Thomas
Wealth.
See
Economics
Weightlessness problem in space
Weiser, Mark,
1.1
,
1.2
Wells, H. G.,
3.1
,
3.2
Westphal, Christoph
What Is Life?
(Schrödinger)
Wilde, Oscar
Wilmut, Ian
Wilson, E. O.
Wind power
Wisdom
WMAP (Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe)
Work life in 2100
X-Men
movies
X Prize,
6.1
,
6.2
X-ray lithography
X-ray vision
Yoshida, Hiroshi
Young, Larry
Youth preservation
Yucca Mountain waste-disposal center
Yudkowsky, Eliezer
Zhang, Jin
Zhang, Pei
Zubrin, Robert
1.1
Jeffrey L. Ward
1.2
Jeffrey L. Ward
1.3
Daniel Mihailescu/AFP
1.4
Miguel Alvarez/AFP
2.1, Top
Courtesy of Professor Yann LeCun
2.1, Lower Left
Courtesy of Professor Ashutosh Saxena
2.1, Lower Right
Jason Kempin/WireImage
3.1
Bruno Vincent/Getty Images
4.1
Jeffrey L. Ward
5.1
Jeffrey L. Ward
5.2
AFP/Getty Images
5.3
Jeffrey L. Ward
6.1
Jeffrey L. Ward
6.2
Jeffrey L. Ward
ABOUT THE AUTHOR

MICHIO KAKU
is a professor of theoretical physics at the City University of New York; cofounder of string field theory; and the bestselling author of several widely acclaimed science books, including
Hyperspace
and
Physics of the Impossible
—the basis for his Science Channel TV show
Sci Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible
—and the host of two radio programs,
Explorations
and
Science Fantastic,
broadcasting to over 140 radio stations.

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